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Focus is committed to the BB30 bottom bracket standard, using it throughout much of its road, 'cross and mountain bike ranges.

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The Focus Izalco Team 1.0 is built around the company's updated 960g frame and includes a tapered front end and BB30 bottom bracket. The build kit features a Shimano Dura-Ace transmission and DT Swiss carbon clinchers.

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The Izalco Team 1.0 features a Rotor 3D crankset - but with more consumer-friendly round chainrings instead of Rotor's usual Q-Rings.

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fi'zi:k saddles and 3T components are featured heavily throughout the Focus range for 2011.

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Seat tubes on the Izalco Team and Pro frames are dramatically asymmetrical.

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The Izalco Team 2.0 will come with a SRAM Red group and DT Swiss R1450 wheels.

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Focus's second-tier Izalco Pro platform uses the same shape as last year's Izalco Team and is only 120g heavier than the new, lighter-weight model.

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Focus's Cayo 1.0 is set to again be among the company's best sellers, offering a lightweight carbon frame (the same as the previous-generation Izalco) and quality build kit at a reasonable price.

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The Cayo road frame features a tapered head tube.

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The rear end of the Cayo is chunkier than the top-end Izalco, thus making it very stiff but also harsher-riding.

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BB30 bottom brackets are featured heavily across the Focus road and 'cross range, even on mid-priced models.

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Focus will introduce a new triple-butted hydroformed alloy road platform for 2011 called Culebro.

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Focus's Izalco Chrono is virtually identical to the orginal Walser design but modified to make it more compatible with standard parts.

3T's Palladio seatpost should be a good choice for 'cross given its unique anti-slip head design.

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Focus's second-tier Mares CX 2.0 looks to be a decent value for the privateer race at US$2,700 - especially if they've already got proper wheels to run on race day.

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Like on the road-going Izalco, Focus has incorporated a highly asymmetrical seat tube on the carbon Mares frame.

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Stays on the Mares CX frame are straight and stout.

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The Mares CX carbon fork is big and stout for firm braking and precise handling.

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Mud clearance at the chain stays is pretty reasonable off to the sides but very good in the radial direction - plus there isn't much of a shelf on which mud can accumulate, either.

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Mud clearance on the Mares CX frame is very generous up top.

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Gearing is suitably 'cross-appropriate with 36/46T chainrings specified across the Mares range.

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We perhaps would have preferred SRAM Rival instead of Shimano Ultegra components on the Mares CX 2.0 given its better weather resistance and more tactile feel.

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Focus's Mares AX 1.0 looks to be a good value for the 2011 'cross season with a triple-butted hydroformed aluminum frame and a race-ready parts pick. And even better, they'll be available in time for this year's race season.

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The Mares AX 1.0 has lots of mud clearance through the tapered carbon fork.

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Like the top-end Mares CX range, the aluminum AX also includes a tapered head tube for better handling and reduced brake chatter.

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Focus will make a bigger push in the US urban market with one the highlights being the Planet 8, which for US$1,000 will include a Shimano Alfine 8 internally geared hub and a Gates carbon belt drive.

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The Gates carbon belt drive and Shimano Alfine internally geared rear hub should make for a nearly ideal setup for commuting.

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The clean-looking split dropout on the Planet 8 will allow for either chain or belt drive systems to be installed.

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The fork looks like a classic steel crown but it's all aluminum.

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Included in Focus's test facilities are various jigs for measuring frame stiffness.

Focus's Izalco Pro flagship carbon road platform looks nearly identical to the current version but the company says new internal molds, updated fiber blends, and revised lay-up schedules have yielded lighter weights and more consistent tube finishes plus improvements in pedaling and front triangle stiffness.

Claimed frame weight for the new 'Hi-Mod' Izalco Team is now 960g for a painted and decaled 56cm sample – notably a bit heavier than some of the competition but then again, perhaps a reflection of the company's conservative views on weight vs. strength and durability. It's still over 100g lighter than the previous iteration, which will continue on as the 2011 Izalco Pro.

Updates include one-piece chain stay and dropout assemblies and revised internal cable routing. As before, all of the lines enter the frame through molded-in ports in the head tube and are guided through full-length carbon tubes that are integrated into the frame structure – and reportedly add torsional stiffness to the tubes. But the rear derailleur line now stays inside the frame all the way until the end of the chain stay and a new access port beneath the BB30-compatible bottom bracket shell for the front derailleur makes for easier servicing.

As before, the tapered head tube on the new izalco team frame includes entry ports for the internal cable routing.: as before, the tapered head tube on the new izalco team frame includes entry ports for the internal cable routing.

As before, the tapered head tube on the new Izalco Team frame includes entry ports for the internal cable routing.

At least for now, the internal routing setup still isn't compatible with Shimano's Dura-Ace Di2 transmission, though, so those users will continue to have to run the wires on the tube surfaces.

As before, all Izalco frames will include a BB30-compatible bottom bracket, a tapered 1 1/8"-to-1 1/2" front end, and a non-integrated 27.2mm seatpost for rider comfort.

Focus will offer multiple Izalco Team and Pro versions depending on region, with prices ranging from around US$3,100/€2,299 to US$7,700/€5,999, and drivetrain options that will include standard, compact and even triple cranksets on certain models. Focus is also planning to release a limited edition halo model called the Izalco Team Ultimate LTD with an array of high-end carbon bits from the likes of Schmolke, Tune and THM-Carbones. Total bike weight is just 5.0kg (11.0lb) but the corresponding price is a similarly staggering €9,999.

Focus's cayo 1.0 is set to again be among the company's best sellers, offering a lightweight carbon frame (the same as the previous-generation izalco) and quality build kit at a reasonable price.: focus's cayo 1.0 is set to again be among the company's best sellers, offering a lightweight carbon frame (the same as the previous-generation izalco) and quality build kit at a reasonable price.

Focus's Cayo 1.0 is set to again be among the company's best sellers, offering a lightweight carbon frame (the same as the previous-generation Izalco) and quality build kit at a reasonable price.

Focus's Cayo range of carbon road frames – the choice of the US-based Jelly Belly pro team – will carry on from before with rigidity figures approaching those of the more expensive Izalco but also a stiffer ride owing to the larger seat stays, conventional external cable routing, and slightly heavier frame weights of around 1,200g. Like the Izalco, though, Cayo frames will feature tapered head tubes and BB30-compatible bottom bracket shells plus a range of drivetrain options depending on model.

Prices will range from US$2,300/€1,499 to US$2,900/€1,999.

New alloy road and aero frames for 2011, too

Focus will introduce a new triple-butted hydroformed alloy road platform for 2011 called culebro.:

Focus will introduce a new triple-butted hydroformed alloy road platform for 2011 called Culebro.

More value-oriented buyers will find a new Culebro alloy road frame in dealer showrooms, built with TIG-welded triple-butted and aggressively shaped hydroformed aluminium tubing, BB30-compatible bottom bracket shells, and a tapered front end.

Claimed frame weight is a modest 1,550g but the single Ultegra-equipped model is also modestly priced at just US$2,100/€1,399 with DT Swiss RR1900 wheels and FSA finishing kit. A triple crankset is also an option for another €100.

Focus will serve the steadily growing mid-priced triathlon market will the new culebro tria aluminum models.: focus will serve the steadily growing mid-priced triathlon market will the new culebro tria aluminum models.

Focus will serve the steadily growing mid-priced triathlon market will the new Culebro Tria aluminium models.

Also all new for 2011 is the Culebra Tria, an aluminium aero range specifically targeted towards the burgeoning entry-to-mid-level triathlon market.

Both also come with relatively modest aluminium clincher wheels but Focus's view is that many of these users will already own an additional set of wheels to use on race day or will use one of growing number of aero wheel rental services.

Retail prices are notably reasonably at €1,499 with Shimano 105 and €1,899 with Shimano Ultegra (the US market will only get the 105 version for US$1,900).

Mares 'cross range ready to hit the dirt

Focus was originally founded by 1992 UCI 'cross world champion Mike Kluge so its impressive-looking 2011 'cross lineup should come as no surprise with up to three carbon and three alloy models in the stable depending on region.

The top-end Mares CX 1.0 (US$4,000/€2,999) will come with a suitably premium SRAM Force transmission, FSA Energy BB30 46/36T cranks, Avid Ultimate cantilevers, and Focus carbon clinchers. However, we expect the Shimano Ultegra-equipped 2.0 model (US$2,700) to have greater appeal to privateer racers on a more realistic budget – many of whom wouldn't want the carbon clinchers of the 1.0 model and will already have their own race tubies anyway.

Focus's mares ax 1.0 looks to be a good value for the 2011 'cross season with a triple-butted hydroformed aluminum frame and a race-ready parts pick. and even better, they'll be available in time for this year's race season.: focus's mares ax 1.0 looks to be a good value for the 2011 'cross season with a triple-butted hydroformed aluminum frame and a race-ready parts pick. and even better, they'll be available in time for this year's race season.

Focus's Mares AX 1.0 looks to be a good value for the 2011 'cross season with a triple-butted hydroformed aluminium frame and a race-ready parts pick. And even better, they'll be available in time for this year's race season.

The alloy Mares AX frames will feature triple-butted and hydroformed aluminium frames mated to a tapered head tube, plus the same burly carbon fork as on the CX range. Threaded bottom bracket shells are used instead of BB30, though, and build kits range from Shimano Ultegra to Tiagra for more reasonable price points of US$1,200/€799 to US$2,000/€1,399.

New Planet collection for the urban crowd

Focus will make a bigger push in the us urban market with one the highlights being the planet 8, which for us$1,000 will include a shimano alfine 8 internally geared hub and a gates carbon belt drive.: focus will make a bigger push in the us urban market with one the highlights being the planet 8, which for us$1,000 will include a shimano alfine 8 internally geared hub and a gates carbon belt drive.

Focus will make a bigger push in the US urban market with one the highlights being the Planet 8, which for US$1,000 will include a Shimano Alfine 8 internally geared hub and a Gates carbon belt drive.

Focus may be a little late to the stylish urban bike market (not to confused with more utilitarian commuters with which Focus is already very heavily invested) but its new Planet line looks remarkably well sorted regardless with its double-butted alloy frames, well chosen upright-yet-nimble geometries, battleship-like grey matte powdercoat finishes, and weather-tolerant disc brakes used throughout.

The clean-looking split dropout on the planet 8 will allow for either chain or belt drive systems to be installed.: the clean-looking split dropout on the planet 8 will allow for either chain or belt drive systems to be installed.

The clean-looking split dropout on the Planet 8 will allow for either chain or belt drive systems to be installed.

For riders that prefer a conventional drivetrain (and more gearing options) there's also the Planet 28, which uses the same frameset but a standard 3x9 Shimano SLX transmission and Truvativ Stylo 3.3 crank for US$1,400.